Matthew Modine
Matthew Modine
Matthew Avery Modineis an American film actor. His best-known film roles include Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, the title character in Alan Parker's Birdy, high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest, and oversexed Sullivan Groff on Weeds...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 March 1959
CityLoma Linda, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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And if I was going to go there – the only person you can really compare Batman to, of those characters, would be Iron Man, another rich guy who has the ability to make fantastic toys – so if you want to take Batman and Iron Man and put them in a battle, that’s an interesting battle. But if you want to take Christian Bale and Robert Downey Jr. and put them in a UFC fighting cage, Christian Bale will – to quote Full Metal Jacket – tear Robert Downey Jr.’s head off and sh-t down his neck.
bought using
I bought all the stuff, but nothing was as satisfying to me as using the Rolleiflex because it was one shot.
forgive save
That the only person who can save you is yourself. The only person you can really forgive is you.
knew memories special
I always knew I would do something special with my memories of working with Stanley.
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Stanley Kubrick the man turned out to be very gentle,
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Imagine if somebody were to really sit down with Osama bin Ladin and say, 'Listen man, what is it that you're so angry at me about that you're willing to have people strap bombs to themselves, or get inside of airplanes and fly them into buildings?' That would be the miracle if we can get -- sit down and talk to our enemies and find a way for them to hear us.
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Fifteen dollar too beaucoup. Five dollars each... Five dollars is all my mom allows me to spend.
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I played Little League and in high school. I played more over the years whenever there was a pick-up game... usually softball.
new-york convenient
Everything is so convenient in New York,
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I always thought that it was kind of silly that a baseball card could be worth so much money.
education media people
They don't have the news media set up in Africa that we do in the United States, where televisions are so accessible and newspapers and magazines are able to educate people.
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I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path.
cameras different
The experience of using a Rolleiflex camera is very different than using a SLR.
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I've worked with Robert Altman a couple of times too.